Abraham Lincoln outlawed business with the Confederate States during the Civil War.
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The Apollo 16 mission launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
Martin Luther arrived at the Diet of Worms in Worms, Germany.
A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
The last major battle of WWII took place.